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[kentuck]

I see another link on this subject

[bluedog]

1. here it is

UAE terminal takeover extends to 21 ports

By PAMELA HESS
UPI Pentagon Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- A United Arab Emirates government-owned company is poised
to take over port terminal operations in 21 American ports, far more than the six widely
reported.

The Bush administration has approved the takeover of British-owned Peninsular & Oriental
Steam Navigation Co. to DP World, a deal set to go forward March 2 unless Congress
intervenes.

P&O is the parent company of P&O Ports North America, which leases terminals for the
import and export and loading and unloading and security of cargo in 21 ports, 11 on the
East Coast, ranging from Portland, Maine to Miami, Florida, and 10 on the Gulf Coast,
from Gulfport, Miss., to Corpus Christi, Texas, according to the company's Web site.

President George W. Bush on Tuesday threatened to veto any legislation designed to stall
the handover.

Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. said after the briefing she expects swift, bi-partisan
approval for a bill to require a national security review before it is allowed to go
forward.

At issue is a 1992 amendment to a law that requires a 45-day review if the foreign
takeover of a U.S. company "could affect national security." Many members of Congress
see that review as mandatory in this case.


http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID...


***so its NOT just 6----its 21....our country will be surrounded by Arab
Ports.........owners have Talibon ties......who have ties to Bin Laden..........feel safer?

[AzDar]

2. While that's an admirable gesture by Sen. Clinton, this sale needs to

be STOPPED, not just placed under review..after all, according to law, it should ALREADY have been scrutinized.
My guess is that Shrubber's handlers want the furor to die down, and they'll 'close the deal' then.
Legislators need to pass legislation that will MEAN something; perhaps not allowing foreign countries with even suspected ties to terror to participate in any security -related dealings in the U.S.. They certainly had no problem passing restrictive and unnecessary 'protections' against U.S. citizens in the aftermath of 9/11.

[Gloria]

4. Anybody hear the guy from a port organization on Coast to Coast

last night who was adamantly opposed to any deals???? He was on in the first hour before Fetzer and David Ray Griffin came on ...then the former Bush appointee--Morgan Reynolds (or is it Reynolds Morgan?? half asleep) to rip apart the 911 story....

[sundancekid]

3. picture worth 1,000 words - link from P&O NA - see all the ports and

what all they do and in joint ventures with whom ...talk about a web
... this entity is in the Katrina torn area too (possible additional payoff deal by the busheviks??)

http://portal.pohub.com/portal/page?_pageid=169,1,169_82863&_dad=pogprtl&_schema=POGPRTL